Tremolo hinge bridge

ABSTRACT

The tremolo hinge bridge device is a three plates hinge system, locked in by two long double clamp locking bolts. This lock in the bottom springs hook plate at the back of the guitar two nut lock in this plate. The back hinge plate. The front top hinge plate. The front bottom hinge plate are all interlock by way of the back plate pivot hinge cylinder catch rod. The top springs hook plate is bolted down by two bolt into the back plate under belly with a half inch thick nut plate this lock in the top hook plate. The two hook plates are inter lock by down ward angling fixed springs. The strings saddle plate set on top of the back hinge plate, it is for adjusting the strings height to the guitar fret board and evenly spaces the guitar string.

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BACKGROUND

1. Field of the Invention

This invention relates to the Electric Guitar Tremolo Bridge Device. Theguitar player can achieve tremolo, sound effect by hand manipulation ofthis device.

2. Prior Art

Bigsby, vibrato and then later, fender tremolo bridge device wasdeveloped more then fifty years ago. The U.S. Patents number documentthis, bigsby U.S. Pat. No. 170,109 and Fender U.S. Pat. No. 2,741,146.The bigsby device is a massive metal vibrato tail piece, one spring,lever system its look is old and do not fit all guitar. The fenderdevice is a plate with a edge, bolts screws and six individual stringsaddles, a tremolo arm, adjustable tension springs a tail block and atuning problem. A massive number of new patented device, do not work aswell as the out dated bigsby and fender system.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The tremolo hinge bridge do solve the problem of prior art. The stringssaddle plate 4 is, for adjusting the guitar strings height to the pretboard, this set on top of the back hinge plate 3 this plate is a supportfor the strings plate and under this plate is a locking nut plate 11that lock in the top springs hook plate 9 the locking nut plate is lockin by two bolts. The top hook plate is lockin, in by way of very shortstandard spring. The bottom springs hook, plate 10 is inter lock withthe top and bottom spring hook plate. The bottom plate is connected totwo bolts and two nut that go from the back of the guitar to the frontof the guitar and this lock in and anchor in the three plate hingesystem. A front hinge top plate 1 A front hinge bottom plate 2 and aback hinge plate 3 all make a hinge with this connection, to the backplate pivot hinge cylinder catch rod 13 the two double clamp lockingbolts 7 is the locking core of the system. The springs hook plate 9 and10 is on down ward angle and fixed.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a right side elevation view showing the parts of the tremolohinge bridge device.

FIG. 2 is a plan bottom view of the locking nut plate.

FIG. 3 is a right side internal structural elevation view showing thetremolo hinge bridge device.

FIG. 4 is a top front side perspective view of the string saddle plate.

FIG. 5 is a plan top view of the back plate of the trmolo hinge bridgeshowing the internal part of the back plate pivot hinge catch cylinderrod.

FIG. 6 is a plan top view of the front hinge top plate.

FIG. 7 is a plan top view of the front hinge bottom plate top.

FIG. 8 is a side internal elevation view of the front hinge top andbottom plate and catch hinge cylinder rod.

FIG. 9 is a side elevation view of the front hinge top and bottom plate.

FIG. 10 is a top, side, front perspective view of the top springs hookplate.

FIG. 11 is a bottom side front perspective view of the bottom springshook plate.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

Please refer to FIG. 1 and this show the tremolo hinge bridge. A stringsaddle plate 4 two saddle plate height adjusting bolts from top tobottom 6 two saddle plate rear bolts 5 with back hinge plate 3 with backplate bolt arm support 14 a back plate pivot hinge cylinder catch rod 13a front hinge top plate 1 with a front hinge bottom plate 2 two longdouble clamping locking bolts 7 running from front to back of the guitarbody. Clamping down a bottom sprint hook plate 10 with two locking nut 8under the back hinge plate 4 is a half inch thick locking nut plate 11locking, in a top spring hook plate 9 with two back plate locking bolts12.

Method of Manufacture

The production of the tremolo hinge bridge is best done in a machineshop by machinists, who specialize in metal working. The Tremolo hingebridge is made up of steel or iron metal. Hot melted metal is cast intomold to make all kind of metal part and almost anything. Metal formingoperations all kind of technique is use, forging, machines, presses,press brakes, shears, electrochemical machining, beam cutting,high-energy rate forming and hot metal in die-mold.

Operation of the Invention

The tremolo hinge bridge device is rocked fourth and back by a hand heldtremolo arm, inertia bar, or whammy bar. The fixed springs move in andout on a down ward angle with a very strong pull.

1. The Tremolo hinge bridge device with its three plate hinge system. 4.A strings saddle plate.
 3. A back hinge plate.
 13. A back plate pivothinge cylinder catch rod.
 1. A front hinge top plate.
 2. A front hingebottom plate.
 7. A double clamp locking bolts.
 10. A bottom springs hookplate.
 11. A locking nut plate.
 9. A top springs hook plate. 9 and
 10. Adown ward angle fixed springs system.